continendos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contineo, continere, continui, contentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
secure, maintain, sustain; fasten/hold in position; retain, keep safe, preserve;; hinder, contain/shut in/confine; stay; restrain/hold back; comprise/form basis;; keep/hold/hang together/fast; surround, enclose, contain, limit; concentrate;
acc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...astu eius commenticiisque simulamentis, quibus ad barbaros milites continendos conciliandosque sibi utebatur. XXIII. De aetatibus historicorum nobilium, Hellanici..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...uitam unusquisque quam multis distribuit! Adstricti sunt in continendo patrimonio, simul ad iacturam temporis uentum est, profusissimi..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...castra tum forte in Baetica ad sociorum animos continendos in fide haberet, signis repente sublatis fugae magis quam..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...bellum evenisset, ludos magnos vovit. Dictator ad continendos proprio bello Tiburtes consulari exercitu iusso manere, omnes iuniores nullo..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...tamen et tibi placebunt; si tantum sibi, continendos cavea nidove curabis. Vale. C. PLINIUS LUPERCO SUO S. Dixi..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...sentias, scribas mihi. Ero enim vel cautior in continendo vel constantior in edendo, si huc vel illuc auctoritas..."